Comment by Supermancho

> It's misleading to claim that companies own their existence to governments

It's misleading to point to exceptions as the rule.

> companies can and have created governments

If you are referring to a company as "a group of individuals" (vis a vis the dictionary definition), that's outside of this conversation.

>> They give our licenses to establish companies.

The original discussion is about corporations (and smaller business companies) as they exist in the US.